Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 12, 2023

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    BE THIS GUY  about 1 year ago

    Rat got his point across.

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    DanielRyanMulligan1  about 1 year ago

    It’s a “timeless” issue, just like how “old” that joke was!!!! Dan aka…

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    ronaldspence  about 1 year ago

    enough about you let’s talk aboutme…

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    BasilBruce  about 1 year ago

    Today’s background music: “Nobody But Me” by the Human Beinz.

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    paulscon  about 1 year ago

    I’ve told you how I feel about myself, how do you feel about how great I am

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    DennisinSeattle  about 1 year ago

    You.ve got lots more words out there, Rat. Time to listen to Goat.

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    iggyman  about 1 year ago

    Because they are mostly on their phone!

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    Imagine  about 1 year ago

    Did you say something?

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    Bilan  about 1 year ago

    And who would know more about not listening than Rat?

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    orinoco womble  about 1 year ago

    Songs in the Key of Me. Some people never learn that “conversation” does not mean “waiting for you to shut up so I can talk some more.”

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    Cornelius Noodleman  about 1 year ago

    Listen, listen spelled backwards is NETSIL.

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    zekepotato  about 1 year ago

    Bravo!

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    Procat Premium Member about 1 year ago

    Maybe Rat has selective hearing

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    Algolei I  about 1 year ago

    Rat is Elon Musk in disguise?

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    Croc Holliday  about 1 year ago

    It’s true though; do people really listen to one another with open minds, or do they just want others to hear what they have to say? I think we know the answer if we look at how divided we seem to have become.

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    blackman2732  about 1 year ago

    I have the same problem with the people in my world.

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    steveh64  about 1 year ago

    Two monologues don’t make a dialogue.

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  about 1 year ago

    You are a bit of a rat, aren’t you Rat.

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    Ellis97  about 1 year ago

    Rat just loves to contradict himself, doesn’t he??

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    e.groves  about 1 year ago

    My wife says there are two things wrong with me. One is that I don’t listen, I forget what the other one is.

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    DaBump Premium Member about 1 year ago

    But that’s just the thing: We all have to stop and listen to the “you” and not be thinking about the clever thing we’re going to say when the “you” is done talking.

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    Sir Davecelot  about 1 year ago

    I can relate to this…

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    Katje  about 1 year ago

    What a rat! :)

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    YouSless Premium Member about 1 year ago

    Classic rat! Never gets old!

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    SusieB  about 1 year ago

    Many people look like they’re listening, but are actually thinking about their response

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    Goat from PBS  about 1 year ago

    People listening to Rat, or listening to Rat-like people, got us here.

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    Ishka Bibel  about 1 year ago

    The opposite of talking is not listening. It is waiting for your turn to talk.

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    Jingles  about 1 year ago

    especially all the robo-dialed “vote for me” telephone calls “listen to how great i am”. it’s poignant as i’ve already absentee voted. i used to have the policy of voting for whoever called us the least. until the US communist party disbanded. now they’re back, i’m actually voting for candidates i feel are qualified, disregarding party. you’d be amazed at the mouth-foamers that are offended that i’d do that. especially on this web-site. You Go, rat!

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    Call me Ishmael  about 1 year ago

    “Whut we have heah is a failyuh to communicate.”

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    mindjob  about 1 year ago

    I stopped listening ever since I went deaf

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    Count Olaf Premium Member about 1 year ago

    Once again, Yrs Trly The❤️Count and ❤️Rat are in tune, harmonious and completely simpatico. Rat On!

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    monya_43  about 1 year ago

    What I said, what you heard, what you think I said and what I meant are all completely different.

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    CaveCat87  about 1 year ago

    Why’d you have to cut Goat off like that, Rat? I wanted to hear Goat give the reason why people don’t listen to each other. So I guess that means that you’re part of the problem.

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    old_geek  about 1 year ago

    On the next episode of Narcissism Today we will discuss my pronouns…

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    markkahler52  about 1 year ago

    Just be yourself. No…wait…on second thought…

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    elgrecousa Premium Member about 1 year ago

    Let’s give Rat the benefit of the doubt; as Mr. Rogers said, “I love you just the way you are”.

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    minty_Joe  about 1 year ago

    Remember Rat, conversations are a two-way street.

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    Mike Baldwin creator about 1 year ago

    Why dialogue when you can monologue?

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    zeexenon  about 1 year ago

    A herd of rats, what a dystopian nightmare.

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    raybarb44  about 1 year ago

    They are both correct, sad to say, or at least think they are……

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    The Brooklyn Accent Premium Member about 1 year ago

    “All lies and jest; still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.” —P. Simon

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    car2ner  about 1 year ago

    this explains a lot about Tik Tok.

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    John Jorgensen  about 1 year ago

    I think a more accurate description of the problem is, they don’t listen to people with whom they are nevertheless trying to engage. There certainly are people you shouldn’t bother listening to, but they’re also the people you should be avoiding altogether.

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    wildlandwaters  about 1 year ago

    Rat and my sister would have a hard time conversing…I literally can hardly ever finish a sentence without getting cut off.

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    The Bob  about 1 year ago

    Pastis, once again you hit the nail on the head (are you listening?).

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    Sisyphos  about 1 year ago

    Rats like Rat need a captive audience!

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